Courtland Sutton Posts Powerful Message After Browns Trade for Jerry Jeudy
The Cleveland Browns added another former first-round wide receiver for minimal draft capital by trading for Jerry Jeudy, and his ex-Denver Broncos teammates are already in their feelings about the loss.
Courtland Sutton, Jeudy’s fellow starter over the past four seasons and teammate in the receiver room, took to social media on Saturday, March 9 and expressed his feelings of melancholy by posting a GIF on social media.
The GIF was only five seconds long and included no sound. It showed famous actor Will Smith’s character in Fresh Prince of Bel-Air looking around his family’s empty living room just as they’ve finished moving out of the home in which the sitcom primarily took place. The strong implication was a feeling of sadness and emptiness upon Sutton realizing that Jeudy was off to Cleveland.
Jerry Jeudy Offers Browns High Upside, Reasonable Contract Price in 2023
While the Broncos are cutting players and clearing cap space as part of a massive overhaul into rebuild mode, the Browns are headed in the opposite direction — doing everything they can to build out a win-now roster in the hopes of building off their trip to the postseason in 2023.
Jeudy is the latest piece of that puzzle, whom Cleveland was able to acquire for the price of a fifth and sixth-rounder in this April’s draft. Jeudy played out his initial four-year, $15.2 million rookie deal last season but is under contract for the 2024 campaign for the price of $13 million via a fifth-year team option.
The Browns have a degree of flexibility with regards to Jeudy’s long-term future and don’t necessarily need to extend him right away. If he doesn’t prove a viable No. 2 receiver alongside Amari Cooper, Cleveland can let him walk at the end of the season. Two Day-3 draft picks are more than nothing, but they represent a collective blow the Browns can absorb if Jeudy bombs out in 2024.
